The King of Urban Mercenaries
Chapter 51 - 51 51 Have him her prepare a coffin for oneself

51: Chapter 51: Have him (her) prepare a coffin for oneself.

51: Chapter 51: Have him (her) prepare a coffin for oneself.

“Lin, please don’t mind it, Xue’er has always been like this, very introverted,” explained Auntie Wang, looking slightly embarrassed.

“Where’s that coming from, Auntie Wang?

When I first joined the army and went to the military base, they all called me a ‘silent gourd.’ I sometimes wouldn’t utter a word for a month or two.

Xue’er is much better than how I used to be; even when I saw a commanding officer, I wouldn’t greet him,” Lin Fei said with a smile, indicating that he didn’t mind at all.

Auntie Wang’s eyes became even more approving as she looked at Lin Fei.

She had long since treated Meng Xue’er as her own daughter.

Lin Fei didn’t take offense at Meng Xue’er’s attitude and even went out of his way to make excuses for her, which made Auntie Wang like him even more.

As for Meng Xue’er, after hearing Auntie Wang explain to Lin Fei, the flush that had crept up to her delicate face seemed to have spread to her neck.

Listening to Lin Fei’s words, she let out a sigh of relief in secret and even lifted her head to sneak peeks at Lin Fei again.

In her eyes, compared to their first encounter, there was less shyness.

Because her father died early, and her mother often had to leave early and return late from her stall, Meng Xue’er had been living in her own world since she was young.

As she grew a bit older, she moved to Zhonghai to seek refuge with Old Wang’s family and had hardly any experience interacting with strangers.

Rather than saying Meng Xue’er was introverted, it would be more accurate to say she was already accustomed to a solitary world.

She had an instinctual wariness and aversion to strangers.

Anyone trying to enter her world would be met with a fear akin to not knowing what to do, a deeply introverted nature tinged with a bit of aloofness.

Lin Fei had indeed recognized this characteristic of Meng Xue’er, which is why he deliberately said such things to narrow the distance between them.

Of course, it wasn’t because Lin Fei saw Meng Xue’er’s tenderness and felt lustful.

There was no lack of beauties around Lin Fei; his wife Mu Shanshan was a stunning beauty with the aura of a formidable CEO, a goddess among goddesses.

Ling Weiwei and Shen Peini were also exceptional beauties, but in terms of looks, Meng Xue’er might even be slightly less impressive than the two.

However, her innate purity added a lot to her charm.

In this materialistic society, a girl like Meng Xue’er, untouched by the darkness of society, was like a white lotus blooming in a muddy pond.

Such a girl could certainly stimulate the secretion of male hormones.

But for Lin Fei, what he saw beneath Meng Xue’er’s tender exterior was an introverted, almost aloof spirit.

If Meng Xue’er continued down this path, she might one day develop a condition of aloofness.

The year Lin Fei enlisted in the military, he also experienced a time immersed in his own world, similar to Meng Xue’er’s.

The immense grief of losing both parents, and Lin Fei, who had left school for the military, had spoken only three sentences in two months.

Had he not later met brothers like Butcher, Lin Fei might have already been afflicted with a condition of aloofness.

Meng Xue’er reminded Lin Fei of himself from a few years ago, and it was based on this that he found a way to get closer to the girl and pull her back from the brink of aloofness.

“Lin, Xue’er has already moved to your place, and I’m going to trouble you to take good care of her from now on,” said Auntie Wang, taking Lin Fei’s hand in a gesture that entrusted Meng Xue’er to him.

Although Lin Fei was puzzled by why Meng Xue’er had moved out before graduation, there were so many examples of university students renting places these days that he didn’t ask further questions.

“Auntie Wang, I will take care of her.

It’s just that I have been quite busy lately and staying at the company both day and night.

It will be a few days before I can return to live there.

Xue’er, are you getting used to living there alone?” Lin Fei deliberately hid the fact that he had already moved out, which could be a covert way to share some of the rent for Meng Xue’er.

Originally, Meng Xue’er was somewhat unsure how to live under the same roof as Lin Fei, but his explanation relieved many of her concerns.

She nodded several times in response to Lin Fei, indicating that she was living well on her own.

When Old Wang first told Meng Xue’er that he had found her room but that she would have to share it with Lin Fei, she felt some reluctance and hesitation.

But given Meng Xue’er’s nature, asking her to say ‘no’ to someone she knew was like forcing her to jump off a building.

From a young age, Meng Xue’er had never even said ‘no’ to her own mother.

She simply didn’t know how to refuse, and it was this trait that made Old Wang worry about her finding a job on her own, fearing she might be deceived.

The possibility of her being tricked into a bad deal and even helping her deceiver was not null; in fact, it was quite high.

…

Inside Old Wang’s hospital room, Lin Fei sat with the family for a while, then prepared to take his leave.

Not because Lin Fei had urgent matters, but because the atmosphere was just too oppressive for him.

Lin Fei was confident in his ability to speak, a point he had proven time and again with Mu Shanshan and Ling Weiwei.

However, in front of Meng Xue’er, Lin Fei really felt at a loss for words.

The girl was just too delicate, so delicate that Lin Fei didn’t even have the heart to speak loudly, for fear of startling her.

If there were other beautiful girls here, Lin Fei would have started flirting by now.

With some of the more open ones, Lin Fei might have even coaxed them into renting a room by now.

But with Meng Xue’er, after more than half an hour, Lin Fei had only learned from her that she attended Zhonghai University.

Other useful information was nonexistent.

Meng Xue’er’s most frequent responses to Lin Fei were simply “yeah” and “uh.”

After all, it would have been inappropriate for Lin Fei to lead Meng Xue’er astray in front of the elderly Wangs, and of course, the main reason was that he couldn’t bear to do so.

Meng Xue’er was just too gentle, too pure.

Even with Lin Fei’s thick skin, he couldn’t bring himself to jest with her.

Because it was very likely that after a single joke, she would permanently blacklist you from her life.

Just as Lin Fei was saying his goodbyes to Old Wang and was about to stand up to leave, a loud ruckus came from outside the sickroom.

Then, the door was kicked open with a bang.

“Damn it, get up and get the hell out, I’ve taken a liking to this sickroom.”

A twenty-something-year-old with a buzz cut glanced around the room after he came in, his gaze pausing slightly on Meng Xue’er, evidently attracted by the girl’s unique aura of purity, before finally settling on Old Wang, who was lying in the bed.

Behind the buzz-cut youth were two other twenty-somethings, dressed similarly, supporting a pale-faced man with a dagger stuck in his belly.

Following them were the white-coated doctors and nurses, trying their utmost to persuade the group to leave.

“Cut the crap, my brother’s been stabbed, and if we make ’em leave, we’ll have ourselves a sickroom.”

The buzz-cut youth shoved aside the doctor beside him who was energetically pleading and took a step forward, nearing Old Wang’s bedside and landed a kick on the end of the bed, “You old fart, stop pretending and pack up your things to clear out.

Your sickroom is being requisitioned by the Azure Dragon Gang!”

“Azure Dragon Gang…”

“It’s people from the Azure Dragon Gang…”

The doctors and nurses who were initially thinking of persuading the group fell completely silent, aware of the notorious reputation of the Azure Dragon Gang in Zhonghai.

Ordinary citizens would do their best to avoid them, let alone confront them.

“Mr.

Wang, why don’t you just let them have the sickroom?

After all, weren’t you fussing about being discharged earlier?”

The white-coated doctor who had been pushed by the buzz-cut youth approached Old Wang, now attempting to persuade him to move out of the sickroom.

“A doctor’s heart is a parent’s heart.

How can you persuade your own patient to leave the hospital before full recovery?

Dr.

Li, with such a big hospital, are you really going to let mad dogs bark in the patient’s sickroom?!”

The doctor urging Old Wang was someone Lin Fei had met before, it was Old Wang’s attending physician.

Scolded by Lin Fei, Dr.

Li’s face reddened with embarrassment.

If it wasn’t for the fact that these thugs were from the Azure Dragon Gang, he wouldn’t have been trying to convince his own patient to consider discharge.

“Kid, what the hell does this have to do with you?

It looks like you’re itching for a beating!”

The buzz-cut youth had originally planned to drag Old Wang out of the sickroom, but upon hearing Lin Fei’s words, he turned abruptly towards him.

As he spoke, he drew a glittering dagger from behind him and lunged at Lin Fei with it.

“Lin, be careful…”

“Ah—”

Old Wang, being close, was the first to spot the buzz-cut youth drawing his dagger and loudly warned Lin Fei.

As for the others in the room, when they saw the dagger being pulled out, some of the more timid nurses even screamed.

The hospital was a place for healing and saving lives; they had never seen someone actually attack there.

As for Meng Xue’er, she was hiding behind Auntie Wang with a ghostly pale face, eyes tightly shut, body trembling slightly, clearly unable to bear witnessing what was to come.

For the girl, her mind was already in turmoil the moment the buzz-cut youth and his gang burst into the room.

Bang!

The anticipated scene of Lin Fei being stabbed to death didn’t happen.

Instead, the buzz-cut youth was sent flying by Lin Fei’s kick.

Among those present, only the man supported by the two youths, with the dagger in his belly, caught a glimpse of Lin Fei’s kicking motion.

But he only saw Lin Fei retract his foot and didn’t see how Lin Fei managed to send the buzz-cut youth flying, nor how he kicked.

The pale-faced man’s pupils shrank suddenly because he saw Lin Fei’s eyes, sharp as a blade, resting on him, before Lin Fei stood up and slowly advanced towards him.

It felt as though he was targeted by some prehistoric beast; a terrifying pressure enveloped the pale-faced man.

A nameless fear spread in his heart, and if not for being tasked with testing Lin Fei, he really wanted to turn and run.

Pfft!

After approaching the pale-faced man, Lin Fei pushed the dagger deeper into the man’s belly, “This makes it look more real.”

“I don’t care who sent you, but tell the person who did.

I don’t like these pointless probes.

If there’s a next time, have him (or her) prepare their own coffin!”

Having said his piece, Lin Fei, ignoring the shock of the others, physically tossed them out of the sickroom.